With the rising popularity of esports, colleges and universities nationwide are picking up on the esports club trend where gamers not only compete against each other, but against other college teams as well. The University of Hawaiʻi at 惭ā苍辞补 team is gaining recognition in the largest collegiate league.
Leading the charge in the arena of esports at 东精影业 惭ā苍辞补 is Nyle Sky Kauweloa, a graduate assistant at the in the . Kauweloa, along with Kevin Nguyen, a 东精影业 惭ā苍辞补 communications graduate, who now works full time as 东精影业’s esports program assistant. 东精影业 esports runs 5 teams across 2 games which are Overwatch and League.
The 东精影业 collegiate esports team, which is competing in the 2019 League of Legends Collegiate Starleague (CSL) tournament, recently received honorable mention in the CSL rankings and was . The other teams are from the University of California, Irvine (UCI), University of New Mexico and California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.
“It’s really amazing given that this is our first time competing—ever in an organized tournament, and we are mentioned along with UCI,” said Kauweloa.
Kauweloa also teaches a course, Esports and Society, the first of its kind at 东精影业 惭ā苍辞补. The course covers the rising popularity and significance of the growing esports industry.
The University of New Mexico and 东精影业 will go head-to-head on January 18, 2020, competing in the next round of the tournament. From there, the top teams from each division will find out on February 8, 2020, who they will move on to play on the bracket stage.
Interested students can follow the team’s and , or email uh.esports@hawaii.edu.
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